send a message

send a message

To emphasize or make a clear statement of one's position. We need to send a message to these hostile nations that we will not compromise our values for fear of reprisal.The latest memo clearly sends a message to certain people in the company that their days are numbered.The quilts are intended to send a message of hope to the survivors of this tragedy.

A man so much in want of airing that he had a blue mould upon him, sat watching this dark place from a hole in a corner, like a spider; and he told her that he would send a message up to Miss Dorrit by the first lady or gentleman who went through.

I think that this is what they wanted, to send a message - to force the message - that they're not messing around anymore,'' said JetHawks pitcher Sam Smith, a former teammate of Santana's and Jacobo's.

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